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January 1940 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 16 Jan. New moon: 9 Jan. Full moon: 25 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1939 month 11 into 1939 month 12 · Yin Earth Rabbit 己卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 19:23:40 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 12:44:03 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 January 1940 closes lunar 1939 month 11; lunar 1939 month 12 begins 9 January 1940.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1939
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 1940 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/22癸卯Water Rabbit211/23甲辰Wood Dragon311/24乙巳Wood Snake411/25丙午Fire Horse511/26丁未Fire Goat611/27戊申Earth MonkeyMinor Cold11/28己酉Earth Rooster811/29庚戌Metal Dog912/1辛亥Metal PigLunar month opens1012/2壬子Water Rat1112/3癸丑Water Ox1212/4甲寅Wood Tiger1312/5乙卯Wood Rabbit12/6丙辰Fire Dragon1512/7丁巳Fire Snake12/8戊午Earth Horse1712/9己未Earth Goat1812/10庚申Metal Monkey1912/11辛酉Metal Rooster2012/12壬戌Water Dog12/13癸亥Water PigMajor Cold2212/14甲子Wood Rat2312/15乙丑Wood OxLunar mid-month2412/16丙寅Fire Tiger2512/17丁卯Fire Rabbit2612/18戊辰Earth Dragon2712/19己巳Earth Snake12/20庚午Metal Horse2912/21辛未Metal Goat3012/22壬申Water Monkey3112/23癸酉Water RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1940 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/10
Full moon
Lunar 12/17
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
Boundaries & marked days
What happens in January 1940
- 9 January 1940 — lunar 1939 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1939 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1940 at 19:23:40 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1940 at 12:44:03 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 January 1940 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 23 January 1940 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 16 January 1940 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.